Classic route
Odakyu Romancecar
Tokyo (Shinjuku) → Hakone-Yumoto · Japan
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Front-row observation seats since 1957, when the SE set a world narrow-gauge speed record. Shinjuku to Hakone’s hot springs without a change.
Stations
- 0 kmShinjuku
- 82 km小田原
- 88 km箱根湯本
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4243867 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Odakyu Electric Railway — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Odakyu Romancecar?
The Odakyu Romancecar runs 89 km from Tokyo (Shinjuku) to Hakone-Yumoto.
How long does the Odakyu Romancecar take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 15 min for the 89 km. That is an average of 71 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 110 km/h.
Who runs the Odakyu Romancecar?
Odakyu Electric Railway, with 70000 “GSE” observation EMU.
How old is the Odakyu Romancecar?
The line has been in service since 1957. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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